Surgical treatment of two post-traumatic pseudoaneurysms of genicular artery

Paola Orlando; Pasqualino Sirignano; Francesco Taurino; Francesco Aloisi; Luigi Rizzo; Maurizio Taurino

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.07.022

Surgical treatment of two post-traumatic pseudoaneurysms of genicular artery

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2022 Aug 13;8(4):555-557. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.07.022. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Paola Orlando^{1

2}, Pasqualino Sirignano^{3

2}, Francesco Taurino^{4

5}, Francesco Aloisi^{1

2}, Luigi Rizzo^{1

2}, Maurizio Taurino^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
² Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Division, Sant'Andrea Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Surgery "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Orthopaedic and Traumatology Division, Sant'Andrea Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysms of the genicular arteries represent an extremely rare clinical occurrence. Nevertheless, young and athletic subjects, who are frequently exposed to direct joint trauma and subsequent reconstructive orthopedic surgery, are especially prone to developing these lesions. The aim of the present report was to describe two cases of a genicular artery pseudoaneurysm observed in young and healthy athletic male patients and successfully managed by surgical excision.

Keywords: Genicular arteries; Pseudoaneurysm; Surgical treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports